Sources: Google is in talks with SpaceX and other companies for a rocket launch deal, as Google expands its own efforts to put orbital data centers in space (Wall Street Journal)
Google is reportedly in talks with SpaceX and others for rocket launches to support its emerging orbital data center initiative, signaling serious investment in space-based cloud infrastructure.
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<p><a href="https://www.techmeme.com/260512/p30#a260512p30" title="Techmeme permalink"><img height="12" src="http://www.techmeme.com/img/pml.png" style="border: none; padding: 0; margin: 0;" width="11" /></a> <a href="https://www.wsj.com/">Wall Street Journal</a>:<br />
<span style="font-size: 1.3em;"><b><a href="https://www.wsj.com/tech/spacex-google-in-talks-to-explore-data-centers-in-orbit-7b7799e2?st=rZ33r4&reflink=desktopwebshare_permalink">Sources: Google is in talks with SpaceX and other companies for a rocket launch deal, as Google expands its own efforts to put orbital data centers in space</a></b></span> — A deal between the two tech titans would give a boost to SpaceX's business ahead of a historic public listing.</p>
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